I took some quotes out of the www.caranddriver.com article
Hyundai is hoping the addition of an optional V-6 will attract more male customers, since 58 percent of current Tiburon buyers are of the female persuasion.
The biggest change to the Tiburon is the addition of an optional V-6—a 181-hp, 2.7-liter DOHC engine that's also found in the Sonata sedan and Santa Fe sport-ute. Hyundai, for the first time, is offering an optional six-speed manual transmission made by Aichi in Japan. The standard transmission is a five-speed manual, and a four-speed automatic with Shiftronic manual control is available as an option. The base engine is the current version's 140-hp, 2.0-liter DOHC four-cylinder mated to either a five-speed manual or a four-speed automatic transmission.
This latest Tiburon is packaged two ways. There's the base car with the four-cylinder engine, or the upscale GT with the V-6 and leather interior. We only got to sample the GT version of the coupe in France, but the base model's performance should be similar to that of the previous-generation car because the 140-hp engine is a carryover as is the curb weight.
Hyundai hasn't announced what its new Tiburon will cost, but a good guess is the base four-cylinder car with a manual gearbox should run about $15,000. A loaded V-6 with a six-speed manual and the 17-inch wheel package should come in at about $20,000. At that price and with its increased performance, the Tiburon is definitely swimming in sports-coupe waters, but if Hyundai really wants to be a serious menace to the pocket-rocket competition, it needs to sweat the details a little more.
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Hyundai is hoping the addition of an optional V-6 will attract more male customers, since 58 percent of current Tiburon buyers are of the female persuasion.
The biggest change to the Tiburon is the addition of an optional V-6—a 181-hp, 2.7-liter DOHC engine that's also found in the Sonata sedan and Santa Fe sport-ute. Hyundai, for the first time, is offering an optional six-speed manual transmission made by Aichi in Japan. The standard transmission is a five-speed manual, and a four-speed automatic with Shiftronic manual control is available as an option. The base engine is the current version's 140-hp, 2.0-liter DOHC four-cylinder mated to either a five-speed manual or a four-speed automatic transmission.
This latest Tiburon is packaged two ways. There's the base car with the four-cylinder engine, or the upscale GT with the V-6 and leather interior. We only got to sample the GT version of the coupe in France, but the base model's performance should be similar to that of the previous-generation car because the 140-hp engine is a carryover as is the curb weight.
Hyundai hasn't announced what its new Tiburon will cost, but a good guess is the base four-cylinder car with a manual gearbox should run about $15,000. A loaded V-6 with a six-speed manual and the 17-inch wheel package should come in at about $20,000. At that price and with its increased performance, the Tiburon is definitely swimming in sports-coupe waters, but if Hyundai really wants to be a serious menace to the pocket-rocket competition, it needs to sweat the details a little more.
